Zhao Jiu didn't want to turn back, he was afraid that he would be reluctant to turn back. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Xiaoqi is reluctant to let go, he is afraid that once he lets go, he will never see him again. The brothers had tears in their eyes, but they refused to slow down half a step under their feet, like this, you chased me until the foot of the mountain, only to see a slender and long person standing there, Zhao Jiu hurriedly paused: "Elder Tie!" ”

"Master!" Xiao Qi thought that Elder Tie was here to arrest Zhao Jiu and return to the beggar gang, so he hurriedly blocked in front of Zhao Jiu in a hurry, and said eagerly: "Didn't Master promise me not to pursue Brother Jiu?" ”

Elder Tie looked at the two young men in front of him, one tall and one short, and said, "We will leave for Pingyang City early tomorrow morning, and I will see him off!" ”

Only then did the two of them realize that Elder Tie was still carrying a burden in his hand.

Elder Tie handed the gray cloth burden to Zhao Jiu, looked at Zhao Jiu and said, "Seeing that you look like this, I will say more, there are some clothes and dry food in it, you can keep it yourself!" The rivers and lakes are the easiest to urge people to grow old, and people's hearts are the most prone to impermanence, I hope you will go to the wind and rain, choose a place to live, do a small business, and don't suffer from these rivers and lakes. If he encounters a problem in the future, he can come to Dayong to find me, and I will do my best to help you. It's a long way to go, it's getting late, hurry up - let's hit the road! There is a village in front of us, and we used to find a family to stay overnight, and from there we couldn't bump into us if we walked north along the road! ”

"Thank you—Elder Iron!" Zhao Jiu and Elder Tie kowtowed, patted Xiao Qi's shoulder, and strode forward past the two. Xiao Qi raised his leg and was about to chase after him, but Elder Tie grabbed him, and the master and apprentice watched Zhao Jiu disappear into the shadows of the earth.

Back at the Chang family, Elder Wu was outside the gate. He glanced at Elder Tie and Xiao Qi, and turned around and entered the Chang family without a word.

said that the three of them wandered the world, blessed and shared hardships, and now only Zhao Jiu is left, wandering the world like a lonely ghost.

"Chirp! Chirp! A bird returning to the nest made two circles on Zhao Jiu's head and fell, Zhao Jiu stopped, bent down to pick it up, the bird flapped its wings and flew up again, only to fly half a person high and fall down.

Maybe it was because it was confused, but it didn't struggle when Zhao Jiu picked it up again. This is a small brown bird, with a little yellow fluff in the middle of its forehead and two wings, it nests softly in Zhao Jiu's palm, and chirps a few times from time to time. Zhao Jiu gently stroked the bird's head, and asked, "Little bird, are you hungry?" ”

"Chirp—"

"Thirsty?"

"Chirp—"

Zhao Jiu held the bird in front of his eyes and took a closer look, there seemed to be stains on its wings, Zhao Jiu touched it, it was wet and sticky, it was blood. It turned out that the bird's wings were injured, so it was no wonder that it was unable to fly into the sky. Elder Tie was not wrong, there was indeed a village in front, Zhao Jiu stepped into the village at night, he didn't want to disturb anyone, and after walking around the village, he actually found a land temple. Zhao Jiu picked up some firewood, built a fire behind the land temple, shared some water and dry food with the bird, and fell asleep next to the father-in-law of the land.

When the first golden light appeared in the sky, Zhao Jiu opened his eyes, the fire had already burned out, he curled up in a ball, and the bird was hiding in his arms. Zhao Jiu wiped his face and went on the road again with the bird in his arms. With a thin impression, he pulled some herbs and put them on the little bird, and took care of it every day, and the bird wilted for two days and regained its spirits. Zhao Jiu walked forward aimlessly, and he didn't know where he got it, this day he happened to pass a big lake, and there were a few broken dry lotus standing in the middle of the lake, drooping his head, Zhao Jiu stopped and looked at it for a while, and left.

The lotus flowers here are really not as beautiful as Wutang Village.

The little bird followed Zhao Jiu for five or six days, resting on Zhao Jiu's shoulder at first, and hovering above Zhao Jiu's head after the injury was better. In the next two days, the disk went higher and higher, flying farther and farther, and sometimes did not come back for an hour or two. Zhao Jiu occasionally looked up at the lofty sky, he had to speed up his pace, otherwise what should he do when the cold winter came.

"Chirp!" There was another fluttering sound above his head, and Zhao Jiu was overjoyed in his heart, it was back again! The wounded bird not only returned, but also brought a companion with him. The two little birds hovered side by side above Zhao Jiu's head, the previously injured one had a branch on its beak, it flew to Zhao Jiu without fear and spit the branch on Zhao Jiu's hand, gently pecked Zhao Jiu's hand, spread its wings and flew around Zhao Jiu with its companions a few times, chirped a few times, and flew away completely.

Zhao Jiu waved his hand at the two figures that were getting smaller and smaller, and shouted vigorously, "You have to be careful!" Don't get hurt anymore! In the blink of an eye, there was no sign of a bird in the blue sky. Zhao Jiu stood in place, an inexplicable melancholy welled up in his heart, he looked at the branch in his hand, there were a few red fruits on it, it was only the size of half a little finger nail, and when he smelled it, there was an indescribable fragrance. Zhao Jiu picked a small red fruit and put it in his mouth, and with a slight force on his tongue, the fruit broke, the juice was sweet, and his mouth was full of fragrance.

Delicious!

However, there were only a few fruits, and Zhao Jiu didn't know where the bird was picked, so he didn't dare to eat them all in one bite, until his mouth was tasteless, and the long road ahead became not so boring.

Two days later, Zhao Jiu came to a place, he learned to be obedient, and first asked someone about the name of the place, which was originally called Qiaozhen. The town of Bridges lives up to its name, with five bridges over a small river in the town, and boats selling along the river, revealing freshness everywhere.

I saw a fifty-year-old man, wearing a small hat and a burlap tied around his waist, carrying a bench on his shoulders, and two small wooden boxes hanging at both ends of the stool, carrying a string of stone and iron pieces in his hand, and singing in his mouth: "Sharpen scissors - kitchen knife-"

There was a small boat floating slowly in the river, covered with quilts, and the man shouted: "Baby-cake, baby-cake, freshly out of the pot baby-cake-"

An old woman on the shore beckoned to the boat, and the boat came up, and the vendor called with a smile on his face: "Mrs. Li, you are just in time for your old age, you have just come out of the pot, and your mouth is still hot-"

"Look at what you said—" The old lady laughed, "for four cents!" ”

"Eh, wait, I'll give you a bag!" The vendor lifted the quilt from the boat, and saw a basket of white flowers and round bulges lying in the steamer under the quilt, smaller than the buns, without buns, but it looked very cute. Before the old lady left, several more people came, and Zhao Jiu saw clearly, that thing cost two pennies and two pennies and five pennies. He saw the excitement, and the peddler also saw him, and greeted him warmly: "Little brother, from out of town?" Why don't you have two of them? ”

A little boy next to him took a cake from an adult's hand and opened his mouth to bite it, it was so hot that he didn't let go or spit it out, seeing Zhao Jiu's mouth, he touched his arms and asked, "What is your name and how to sell it?" ”

"My name is baby cake, the rice is ground into a pulp and then steamed! Look, don't all the white and chubby dolls look like dolls? Two pennies for one, two pennies for five, eat while it's hot, and make sure you like it very much! Did you see that old lady just now? The peddler greeted the man and said, "Come every day!" ”

Well, this man is not lying. Zhao Jiu took out two pennies and said, "Okay, bring me five!" ”

"Good Lat, be careful of burning!"